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Nutella® Cheesecake

"This recipe is for Nutella® lovers and chocolate lovers alike. This is VERY rich, so cut into small slices."

By allrecipes · From Open Recipes · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Chocolate and vanilla are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 2% of all ingredient pairs, and 10,018 recipes mention both. Both carry sotolon, which smells curry, maple. The science ↓

The recipe

1 9-inch cheesecake
Prep10 min

Ingredients

Contains: milk, wheat, tree nuts (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Beat the cream cheese in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and fluffy, about 2 minutes.

  2. Add the white sugar and vanilla extract and beat until fully combined, about 1 minute.

  3. Add the chocolate-hazelnut spread and beat on low until smooth and evenly colored, about 1 minute, scraping down the bowl.

  4. Spread the mixture evenly into the prepared 9-inch graham cracker crust using a spatula.

  5. Cover and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, or until the filling is firm.

  6. Slice and serve chilled.

By allrecipes. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Chocolate + vanillatop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  2. Chocolate + hazelnuttop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together350 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline (popcorn, roasted).

  3. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  4. Hazelnut + vanillatop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together279 recipes

    Shared aroma: coumarin (sweet, hay).

  5. Cream cheese + spreadtop 5% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together102 recipes

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Flavor stand-ins for the hazelnut

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (cream cheese, sugar, chocolate, spread, vanilla):

  1. Hazelnutthe original
  2. Pecansabout as good a flavor fit
  3. Almondabout as good a flavor fit
  4. Peanutabout as good a flavor fit

Fit is the average pairing score against cream cheese, sugar, chocolate, spread, vanilla. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes. This compares flavor only: it does not check the job the ingredient does in the dish (bulk, moisture, acidity, structure).